Where does “jujubă” come from?

jujubă (Romanian) comes from French jujube, from Old French jujube, from Latin zizyphum, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος, from Ancient Greek σοφός — clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...

jujubă (Romanian): jujube fruit

Definitions

  1. jujube fruit

Ancestry of “jujubă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjujubejujube fruit
2Old Frenchjujube
3Latinzizyphumjujube fruit
4Ancient Greekζίζυφονjujube
5Ancient GreekΣίσυφοςSisyphus
6Ancient Greekσοφόςclever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...
Every word from Ancient Greek σοφόςEvery word from Ancient Greek ΣίσυφοςEvery word from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον
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